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Say Brother; Perspectives in Politics with Royal Bolling and Mel King; Andrew Young discusses local political involvement in the community
Part of Say Brother.
12/06/1973
In this clip Representative Andrew Young (Atlanta, GA) talks to Topper Carew about the lack of African American support for local African American political candidates in Massachusetts, and the need for local politicians continual involvement in community affairs. Overall the program focuses on African American political representation in the Boston area. Host Topper Carew speaks with local Black Republican Representatives (Nathaniel Stevens, Lym Riley and Jack E. Robinson), members of the Massachusetts Black Caucus (Royal Bolling, Sr., and Mel King) and several nationally known African American politicians to examine in-depth where the Black politician has been, and is going. On-site interviews for the program were conducted with Shirley Chisholm (US Congresswoman, Brooklyn, NY), Representative Andrew Young (Atlanta, GA), Mayor-elect Maynard Jackson (Atlanta, GA), and US Senator Edward Brooke. Produced by Topper Carew. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Perspectives in Politics with Royal Bolling and Mel King
- Program Number
308
- Title
Andrew Young discusses local political involvement in the community
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focuses on African American political representation in the Boston area. Host Topper Carew speaks with local Black Republican Representatives (Nathaniel Stevens, Lym Riley and Jack E. Robinson), members of the Massachusetts Black Caucus (Royal Bolling, Sr., and Mel King) and several nationally known African American politicians to examine in-depth where the Black politician has been, and is going. On-site interviews for the program were conducted with Shirley Chisholm (US Congresswoman, Brooklyn, NY), Representative Andrew Young (Atlanta, GA), Mayor-elect Maynard Jackson (Atlanta, GA), and US Senator Edward Brooke.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Robinson, Jack E.
- African Americans--Political activity
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
- King, Mel
- Riley, Lym
- African American politicians
- Bolling, Royal, Sr.
- Stevens, Nathaniel
- Civil rights
- Massachusetts Black Legislative Caucus
- Brooke, Edward
- Segregation
- Jackson, Maynard
- African Americans--Politics and government
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Jones, Vickie (Associate Producer)
- Carew, Topper (Producer)
- Contributors
- Nicholas , Huntley, Jr. (Film Sound)
- Johnson, Henry (Filmmaker)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Perspectives in Politics with Royal Bolling and Mel King; Andrew Young discusses local political involvement in the community,” 12/06/1973, GBH Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A18AA6D3FFBB4736B129E702BD9EB57A.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Perspectives in Politics with Royal Bolling and Mel King; Andrew Young discusses local political involvement in the community.” 12/06/1973. GBH Archives. Web. April 24, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A18AA6D3FFBB4736B129E702BD9EB57A>.
- APA: Say Brother; Perspectives in Politics with Royal Bolling and Mel King; Andrew Young discusses local political involvement in the community. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A18AA6D3FFBB4736B129E702BD9EB57A